Thursday, 30 April 2015

ARTS FOCUS

We had two weeks of an Art's Focus in Weeks 8 and 9 of Term One and were treated to many performances and experiences to play music at PDS...



Steve our music teacher taught us to play Beethoven's "Twinkle Twinkle".


Xuheng plays the tambourine


Ari and Stan are having fun with the maracas



The APO Strike It! Performance




The Samoan culture group from St Peter's College


The NZ Opera Company perform "Figaro" from the Barber of Serville


Celtic Performance



Zoo trip






On Tuesday 17 March we were lucky enough to go on a school excursion to the Auckland Zoo.  We had a presentation about Tuatara and also created a habitat for a lizard.  Then we got to explore the zoo. We had a lot of fun!  Ari's Grandma bought us all a popsicle.  How lucky are we!!!


Friday, 10 April 2015

Puppet show and martial arts display



On Tuesday 3rd of March we were lucky to see some puppeteers performing from the Guangzhou Puppet Theatre and some Wushu performers from the Shangwen Martial Arts Academy.  They were amazing!

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

World of Maths






On Wednesday 18th February we were lucky to have a visit by the World of Maths roadshow.  We did some cool activities.  Our favourites were Build, Ski Race, Brick Up, Snakes and Mouse Trap.   Thanks to our parents and grandparents who came along to help!

Aquatic Fun


Most Fridays we have been walking down to the Parnell Baths for our swimming lessons.  We have been working very hard on our water safety skills.

Football Clinic with Football Kidz




We sure had a lot of fun with the Football Kidz coaches.  
Ezra won player of the day for his skill in playing "Shark Attack".

Welcome to 2015!


Here we are outside our classroom.
Aren't we gorgeous!